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1 And I sawe a newe heauen, and a newe earth: for the first heauen, and the first earth were passed away, and there was no more sea. 2 And I Iohn sawe the holie citie newe Hierusalem come downe from God out of heauen, prepared as a bride trimmed for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heauen, saying, Behold, the Tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them: and they shalbe his people, and God himselfe shalbe their God with them. 4 And God shall wipe away all teares from their eyes: and there shalbe no more death, neither sorow, neither crying, neither shall there be any more paine: for the first things are passed. 5 And he that sate vpon the throne, sayd, Behold, I make all things newe: and he sayde vnto me, Write: for these wordes are faithfull and true. 6 And he said vnto me, It is done, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ende. I wil giue to him that is a thirst, of the well of the water of life freely. 7 He that ouercommeth, shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my sonne. 8 But the fearful and vnbeleeuing, and the abominable and murtherers, and whoremogers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars shall haue their part in the lake, which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. 9 And there came vnto mee one of the seuen Angels, which had the seuen vials full of the seuen last plagues, and talked with mee, saying, Come: I will shewe thee the bride, the Lambes wife. 10 And he caried me away in the spirit to a great: and an hie mountaine, and he shewed me that great citie, that holie Hierusalem, descending out of heauen from God, 11 Hauing the glorie of God: and her shining was like vnto a stone most precious, as a Iasper stone cleare as crystall, 12 And had a great wall and hie, and had twelue gates, and at the gates twelue Angels, and the names written, which are the twelue tribes of the children of Israel. 13 On the East part there were three gates, and on the Northside three gates, on the Southside three gates, and on the Westside three gates. 14 And the wall of the citie had twelue foundations, and in them the Names of the Lambes twelue Apostles. 15 And hee that talked with mee, had a golden reede, to measure the citie withall, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. 16 And the citie laie foure square, and the length is as large as the bredth of it, and he measured the citie with the reede, twelue thousande furlongs: and the length, and the bredth, and the height of it are equall. 17 And hee measured the wall thereof, an hundreth fourtie and foure cubites, by the measure of man, that is, of the Angell. 18 And ye building of the wall of it was of Iasper: and the citie was pure golde, like vnto cleare glasse. 19 And the foundations of the wall of ye city were garnished with all maner of precious stones: the first foundation was Iasper: the second of Saphire: the third of a Chalcedonie: the fourth of an Emeraude: 20 The fift of a Sardonix: the sixt of a Sardius: the seueth of a Chrysolite: the eight of a Beryl: the ninth of a Topaze: the tenth of a Chrysoprasus: the eleuenth of a Iacynth: the twelfth an Amethyst. 21 And the twelue gates were twelue pearles, and euery gate is of one pearle, and the streete of the citie is pure golde, as shining glasse. 22 And I sawe no Temple therein: for the Lord God almightie and the Lambe are the Temple of it. 23 And this citie hath no neede of the sunne, neither of the moone to shine in it: for the glorie of God did light it: and the Lambe is the light of it. 24 And the people which are saued, shall walke in the light of it: and the Kings of the earth shall bring their glorie and honour vnto it. 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut by day: for there shalbe no night there. 26 And the glorie, and honour of the Gentiles shall be brought vnto it. 27 And there shall enter into it none vncleane thing, neither whatsoeuer woorketh abomination or lies: but they which are written in ye Lambes booke of life.

Cross references (27)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Isaiah 65:17–19; 2 Peter 3:13; Isaiah 66:22; Revelation 21:5; 2 Peter 3:10
  2. 2 Hebrews 11:10; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 21:10; Isaiah 61:10; Hebrews 13:14
  3. 3 Ezekiel 37:27; 2 Corinthians 6:16; John 14:23; Leviticus 26:11–12; Zechariah 8:8
  4. 4 Isaiah 25:8; Revelation 7:17; 1 Corinthians 15:26; Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 60:20
  5. 5 2 Corinthians 5:17; Isaiah 42:9; Isaiah 43:19; Revelation 19:9; Revelation 4:2
  6. 6 John 7:37–38; John 4:10; Revelation 7:17; John 4:14; Psalm 36:9
  7. 7 2 Corinthians 6:18; Hebrews 8:10; Revelation 21:3; Revelation 2:11; Matthew 25:34
  8. 8 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; Revelation 2:11; Ephesians 5:5–6; Revelation 22:15; Revelation 20:14–15
  9. 9 Revelation 19:7; Revelation 21:2; Revelation 17:1; Revelation 16:1–17; Revelation 15:1–7
  10. 10 Revelation 21:2; Ezekiel 11:24; 2 Corinthians 12:2–4; Ezekiel 40:1–49; Acts 8:39
  11. 11 Revelation 4:6; Revelation 22:5; Revelation 22:1; Revelation 21:18–19; Isaiah 60:19–20
  12. 12 Ezekiel 48:31–34; Revelation 21:17–21; Revelation 7:4–8; Isaiah 54:12; Revelation 21:25
  13. 13 Ezekiel 48:31–34
  14. 14 Hebrews 11:10; Ephesians 2:20; Isaiah 54:11; Revelation 21:19–21; Matthew 16:18
  15. 15 Zechariah 2:1; Revelation 11:1–2; Ezekiel 41:1–5; Exodus 40:3–5
  16. 16 Ezekiel 48:8–20; Ezekiel 48:35
  17. 17 Deuteronomy 3:11; Revelation 21:9; Revelation 13:18; Revelation 7:4; Revelation 14:3
  18. 18 Revelation 21:11; Revelation 21:21; Revelation 21:19
  19. 19 Isaiah 54:11–12; Exodus 28:17–21; Job 28:16–19; Proverbs 3:15
  20. 20 Revelation 4:3
  21. 21 Revelation 21:18; Revelation 17:4; Revelation 22:2; Revelation 21:11–12; Revelation 18:16
  22. 22 John 4:23; 1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 2:6; Isaiah 66:1; John 4:21
  23. 23 Isaiah 60:19–20; Revelation 22:5; John 1:9; Revelation 21:11; Isaiah 24:23
  24. 24 Revelation 22:2; Revelation 21:26; Zechariah 8:22–23; Zechariah 2:11; Romans 15:10–12
  25. 25 Isaiah 60:11; Revelation 22:5; Zechariah 14:7; Isaiah 60:20; Revelation 21:23
  26. 26 Revelation 21:24
  27. 27 Isaiah 52:1; Revelation 22:14–15; Revelation 3:5; Revelation 20:15; Isaiah 35:8

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 21:2 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book V, Chapter XXVII)

    And in the Apocalypse John saw this new [Jerusalem] descending upon the new earth. For after the times of the kingdom, he says, "I saw a great white throne, and Him who sat upon it, from whose face the earth fled away, and the heavens; and there was no more place for them." And he sets forth, too, the things …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 21:1 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XX, Chapters 16–18)

    … everlasting punishment," it remains that he explain the connected words, "but the righteous into life eternal." "And I saw," he says, "a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away; and there is no more sea." This will take place in the order which he has by anticipation declared in the …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  3. Quotes verse 21:1 John of Damascus, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith (Book II, Chapters IV–VI)

    For they will wax old and be wound round as a covering, and will be changed, and there will be a new heaven and a new earth.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)

  4. Quotes verse 21:1–4 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book V, Chapter XXVII)

    And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, because the former things have passed away." Isaiah also declares the very same: "For there shall be a new heaven and a new earth; and there shall be no remembrance of the former, …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  5. Quotes verse 21:2–5 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XX, Chapters 16–18)

    And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new." This city is said to come down out of heaven, because the grace with which God formed it is of heaven.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)